Report: Five Things Apple Won't Announce at Its Event Next Week

[Squirrrrel]

He just means they design their own silicon. But that’s not as big of an advantage as it was a few years ago.

Considering we have absolutely no idea what he actually means, that has yet to be determined.

 

[mevans7]

Apple Car. Apple Boat. Apple Plane. Apple House. iPhone Mini.

 

[steve09090]

Apple Car. Apple Boat. Apple Plane. Apple House. iPhone Mini.

Dang…

 

[brofkand]

Considering we have absolutely no idea what he actually means, that has yet to be determined.

Any time Apple talks about their special advantages, it's always because they're a "full stack" comany that owns the entire widget. It has literally never meant anything else in my memory.

 

[wbeasley]

I always love Gurman’s liberal use of the word may. Apple may do this. Apple may do that. Apple may or may not do a lot of things. It’s a great way to make predictions without being at fault when he’s inevitably wrong. Then he changes what he said to deflect.

Gurman uses may a lot … because it’s a MAY 7th event

Kuo predictions always as dodgy too.
At this stage almost anyone could make most of the predictions and be as accurate…

 

[MrGimper]

I always love Gurman’s liberal use of the word may. Apple may do this. Apple may do that. Apple may or may not do a lot of things. It’s a great way to make predictions without being at fault when he’s inevitably wrong. Then he changes what he said to deflect.

It's an obvious "Analyst" tactic. Kuo does the same but tends to say it "will" one day and "won't" the next.

No risk, but much "look I was right, go me" when whatever they said whenever, was true.

Hilarious, and people hang on their every word.

 

[jimmy_uk]

It will be a couple of more years before we get OLED unfortunately. However, that faster A17 or A18 chip will bring console gaming to the mini like the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max currently have. Not that everyone is interested in doing that, but for those who do, you’ll probably have that option.

No need for OLED on any iPad. Apple used to know LCD and supplied some of the better examples in the market. iPad Mini 6 has a low-quality display and controller - Apple knows it, they had to comment on Jelly Scroll after launch and now rumors suggest they are going to make efforts to correct this for iPad Mini 7.

 

[Icehawk]

Would love a surprise appletv refresh. I don't need one now now, but I'd like one soon-ish. So when then becomes now, I'll be waiting.

 

[SalisburySam]

Another stock buyback, maybe a higher dividend, trendy programs like AI and reduced new product investment to fund it all. Tim deserves more comp.

I think you’ve nailed another several things that will NOT get announced…good job!

 

[SalisburySam]

After 5 dozen entries to this thread my take-away is that I may watch the May 7 event. But it is far more likely I may not.

 

[Fuzzball84]

Is the ipad mini going the way of the iphone mini?

I havent seen sales but unlikely.

It is massively underrated. Its the perfect size for so many tablet centric media consumption tasks.

 

[GrayFlannel]

Gurman, and the other guy, make their living off of speculation. They’re no better than the stock investors who intentionally ‘sell’ opinion to the public to drive up their own personal gains.

Another stock buyback…

My guess is that Berkshire Hathaway is taking advantage of it.

 

[Squirrrrel]

It's an obvious "Analyst" tactic. Kuo does the same but tends to say it "will" one day and "won't" the next.

No risk, but much "look I was right, go me" when whatever they said whenever, was true.

Hilarious, and people hang on their every word.

I don’t know what happened to Kuo. He used to be very accurate. Now he’s worse than Gurman. It’s like he lost his source or something.

 

[dampfnudel]

No need for OLED on any iPad. Apple used to know LCD and supplied some of the better examples in the market. iPad Mini 6 has a low-quality display and controller - Apple knows it, they had to comment on Jelly Scroll after launch and now rumors suggest they are going to make efforts to correct this for iPad Mini 7.

Blame Tim “penny pinching” Cook for that. The display on my iPad mini 4 was very good. I had it for five years (2015-2020). I thought I would upgrade to the mini 6 in 2021, but that jelly scroll issue was really noticeable when I first saw the mini 6 at the Apple Store. I couldn’t buy it.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Blame Tim “penny pinching” Cook for that. The display on my iPad mini 4 was very good. I had it for five years (2015-2020). I thought I would upgrade to the mini 6 in 2021, but that jelly scroll issue was really noticeable when I first saw the mini 6 at the Apple Store. I couldn’t buy it.

Agreed.
My iPad Mini 5 screen is wonderful

Screen on Mini 6 is, relatively speaking by Apple standards, “junk”

 

[Greenmeenie]

The ipad mini has not been updated the longest…and yet we won’t be getting the mini 7 at the event this week? Boo!

 

[svish]

Definitely not expecting to see new Macs at the event.

 

[npmacuser5]

Possibility of AirPod Pro version for hearing aid option. A rumor IOS 18 will support and received approval of OTC hearing assist device. A very good option that clearly falls within Apple wheelhouse. Similar to the Apple Watch implementation. I could do that.

 

[dampfnudel]

Agreed.
My iPad Mini 5 screen is wonderful

Screen on Mini 6 is, relatively speaking by Apple standards, “junk”

Do you or someone else knows who manufactures the mini 6 panel? Maybe Apple got a good deal from BOE or some other lower-ranked panel manufacturer. I know with past mini panels it was Samsung or LG who produced them.